Bradt Guides - New Travel Writer of the Year

Immensely pleased to be Commended in this year's competition!

New Travel Writer of the Year 2017 - shortlist

18/12/2017 12:51

Written by Bradt Travel Guides

      Our judges had a tough time whittling the longlist down to a shortlist of 3! © Hugh Brune

The decision is made! Seven judges took nearly three hours of intense discussion and several re-readings of the long list of 16 entries to agree on the three finalists, who are… drum roll please…

Mabrat Yellem by Joanna Griffin

The Village Sledge Run by Alan Packer

Yes. No. It's a little difficult. by Chris Walsh

All three finalists will be invited to the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards gala dinner on 1^st February, where the winner will be announced. And as a special bonus this year, which reflects the overall quality of entries, all three pieces will be published in a forthcoming edition of Timeless Travels magazine.

It was a close-run contest, and the judges have also named two Highly Commended entries and three Commended ones. Congratulations to all those who made the long list, and especially our finalists. The standard of entries was high, with stories spread across the globe from Snowdonia to the Arctic Circle, Kosovo to Kathmandu, which made the judging process enjoyably difficult. All those who just missed out this time should feel justifiably proud of themselves, as well as, we hope, determined to enter again next year!

Highly Commended

Between the Living and the Dead by Suzy Pope

Girona's city walls by Gabi Reigh

Commended

Rickshaw! Rickshaw! by Henry Guyer

A Small Thing to Carry by Mandy Huggins

Life and Death in Siberia by Kate Marsden 

HYSTERIA 6 ANTHOLOGY

 

I’m really pleased to announce I was one of the shortlisted winners of the Hysteria Writing Competition 2017.

Linda Parkinson-Hardman: 'Each of these fantastic entries will be published in Hysteria 6, the anthology of this year’s competition - out now.  FROM AMAZON HERE
The overall category winners will be announced at the end of November, alongside the launch of this year’s anthology.
Our judges had a hard time picking out the best of the best in their category, but eventually they got there; and listed in alphabetical order are:

Flash fiction top 10 shortlisted winners:-

• Kay Rae Chomic with Train ride
• Frances Gapper with Survival tactics
• Rachel Hughes with 4lbs 11oz
• Stephanie Hutton with You don’t have to talk about your daddy in counselling if you don’t want to
• Gaynor Jones with The truth behind the labels
• Fiona J Mackintosh with A still, small point of reference
• Louise Mangos with Matchmaker
• Jayne Martin with 4Ever
• Sal Page with Heads off
• Amanda Speed with The beach

Short story top 10 shortlisted winners:-

• Susmita Bhattacharya with The right thing to do
• Lindsay Bamfield with Still life
• Lucy Corkhill with Predator
• Maggie Davies with Twenty six little bones
• Jenny Gaitskell with X on a corner square
• Mandy Huggins with The Rychenkov ruby
• Sherry Morris with Perfectly prime
• Helen de Burca with Silken threads
• Olivia Tuck with He gave me the milky way (deep fried)
• Marcia Woolf with The jar of ideas

Poetry category top shortlisted winners 10:-

• Nadia Arbach with My Mother’s spoon
• Zara Bosman with The two Frida’s
• Marie Chambers with True story
• Robyn Curtis with A Woman of the road
• Moira Garland with Son
• Victoria Richards with Caught
• Christine Griffin with Tape measure
• Laura Potts with Jane Doe #503
• Gwen Sayers with Fruit salad
• Marie Dolores with While I sleep